Abraham Lagovsky, his wife
Libe and
their six children immigrated to America in the early 1900's from
Russia. They came from
the town of Slutsk in the old Lithuanian province of Minsk in what was then known as the Pale
of Settlement and now is called Belarus. The family originally
settled in New York but later the younger generation, with the exception of
Gertrude and her husband Louis Jaffe, moved west to Montana where
they became involved in the hide and fur business. Sarah and her husband David Olarsch returned to the
east coast and eventually settled in New Jersey. Anna,
Charles, Max and Esther remained in Montana with their families and
then one by one moved further west until they eventually ended up in
California and Utah. Along the way the branches of the family
gradually lost contact with one another. This is their story and the
story of their descendents
and the families who are related to them.
Family Histories
Name Changes
The Pale of
Settlement
Acknowledgements
If you have corrections or new
information to add please contact me and let me know.
Stephany Smith
smithsg@heathsmith.com
Stephany is a direct
descendent of Abraham Lagovsky and Libe Goodseit
Abraham Lagovsky and Libe Goodseit
Esther Lagovsky Login and Joseph Libin
Herbert Libin and Shirley Maxwell
Stephany Ann Libin
Heathsmith Genealogies
Heathsmith.com
March 2020
*There are several spelling
variants for Lagovsky including Lagofsky which other family members have
used. I have decided to use Lagovsky as the spelling in this web site
because that is how it is spelled on Libe's death certificate. Abraham was
the source of the information on her death certificate and my reasoning is
that he would know more than anyone what the correct spelling for their name
was.
